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PublishedAugust 22, 2018
LePage submits bills to overhaul Maine’s troubled system for protecting children
The proposals include adding 18 positions, raising workers' pay and reducing the emphasis on family reunification, but the overall cost of the reforms remains unclear.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
Union representing Maine child protective workers recommends ways to improve system
The employees' union surveyed frustrated caseworkers who feel they haven't had much of a voice in needed changes at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2018
With DHHS under scrutiny in children’s deaths, agency’s chief announces his retirement
Ricker Hamilton has run the Department of Health and Human Services since May 2017, a time in which questions have been raised about its handling of child abuse cases.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
LePage not waiting to submit bills to improve child protection system after all
The governor previously called for lawmakers to first consider other bills important to him, but now says addressing the protective services problems can't wait.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2018
LePage slams employee union whose members spoke out about problems in child protection system
Two days after saying that caseworkers' concerns are 'being heard,' the governor accuses the Maine State Employees Association of trying to take credit for his reforms.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2018
LePage says he’s working to solve problems cited by child protection workers – without new hires
The governor says he's about to request more money for training and technology in response to caseworkers' criticism and the deaths of two young girls.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2018
Watchdog committee reviews options for reforms in Maine’s child protection system
Lawmakers will consider better training standards for people who are mandated to report suspected child abuse, as well as more access to school attendance and other records for human services caseworkers.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2018
CDC issues alert about salmonella tied to chicken, ducks in backyard flocks
The infections are linked to contact with the animals, and so far one case has been reported in Maine.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2018
DHHS chief says agency will call for more – and better-paid – workers to protect children from abuse
Ricker Hamilton tells lawmakers that the governor will support a bill to increase staffing, as lawmakers continue to probe the workings of the system after the beating deaths of two young girls.
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PublishedJune 28, 2018
Lawmakers vote to subpoena DHHS chief after agency no-shows in child death probe
'How dumb are we to take him at his word?' a frustrated senator says of Gov. LePage after his assurances of cooperation with the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.
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